Exodus 4:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray, by the hand of him whom you will send.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ֑י שְֽׁלַֽח־נָ֖א בְּיַד־תִּשְׁלָֽח׃

Transliteration

And yōʾmer by-me ʾădōnāy šĕlaḥ-nāʾ by-hand-tišlāḥ.

Grammar Details

• *yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conversive - said
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
• *šĕlaḥ*: qal imperative, masculine singular - send
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
• *tišlāḥ*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will send

Word Meanings

• *šĕlaḥ-nāʾ bĕyad-tišlāḥ*: send by whomever you will send/send anyone else/send by the hand you will send

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But Moses said, 'Pardon me, Lord. Please send someone else.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said,{H559} Oh,{H994} Lord,{H136} send,{H7971} I pray thee, by the hand{H3027} of him whom thou wilt send.{H7971}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, O{H994} my Lord{H136}, send{H7971}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, by the hand{H3027} of him whom thou wilt send{H7971}{(H8799)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he sayde: oh my Lorde, send I pray the whome thou wilt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But Moses sayde: My LORDE, sende whom thou wilt sende.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But he saide, Oh my Lorde, sende, I pray thee, by the hande of him, whome thou shouldest sende.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He said: oh my Lorde, sende I pray thee, by the hande of hym whom thou wylt sende.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou wilt send.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But Moses said,“O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 24:7 : 7 The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
• Gen 48:16 : 16 The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
• Exod 4:1 : 1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice, for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you.
• Exod 23:20 : 20 Behold, I send an angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
• Judg 2:1 : 1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, I brought you up out of Egypt and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
• 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my ancestors.
• Jer 1:6 : 6 Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
• Jer 20:9 : 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding back, and I could not stay.
• Ezek 3:14-15 : 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. 15 Then I came to those of the captivity at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them for seven days.
• Jonah 1:3 : 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
• Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What do you mean, O sleeper? arise, call upon your God, perhaps that God will consider us, that we do not perish.
• Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
• John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.